No assistant. No employees. No cream suit. Just jeans, a black coat, and the face of someone who had slept badly and hated that it showed.
“Can I come in?”
I almost said no.
Then I moved my chair with my foot.
She stepped inside but stayed near the door.
“I didn’t know,” she said.
I looked at her.
She swallowed.
“I didn’t know you owned it.”
“I know.”
“And I continue reading …